Official guide · Google AI for Developers
Start simple, then add examples only where the result needs them
Move from a direct instruction to examples, system guidance, or smaller steps only when the task needs more control.
Original source
Prompt design strategies | Gemini API
Google AI for Developers · Official guide · checked 2026-07-15
What the source is saying
The guide covers zero-shot, few-shot, system instructions, and task decomposition as complementary strategies.
Try it in your work
Open the linked pattern for a reusable template, variables to change, and an example output shape.
Open the practical pattern →Keep in mind
Examples can overfit a task. Use representative examples, not a pile of unrelated samples.